Add VMWare driver to Windows PE / Winternals ERD Commander

Abstract: If you are using Windows 2003/XP/... in an VMWare environment you might sometimes need Winternals ERD Commander 2007 (which based on Windows PE). For example you might wish to use Locksmith to reset the administrator password.

Per default Winternals ERD Commander 2007 doesn´t support the VMWare mass storage driver. Therefore you couldn´t simply mount the ISO and boot it. It will not be able to connect to the HD and detect the Windows OS. Therefore you need to change the ISO and include the VMWare drivers. This could be done via the following steps:

1.) Download BBIE 1.0 from here and store the file in C:\00VMWare_ERD2007_Project\downloads

10.)Copy all files from C:\00VMWare_ERD2007_Project\VMware\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\scsi to C:\00VMWare_ERD2007_Project\Winternals_ERD_Commander_2007\I386\system32\vmscsi

11.)The next step is to edit the winpeoem.sif file located in the C:\00VMWare_ERD2007_Project\Winternals_ERD_Commander_2007\I386\system32 directory. Scroll down to the bottom until you see:;[OemDriverParams];OemDriverRoot="";OemDriverDirs=

and change that to:[OemDriverParams]OemDriverRoot=""OemDriverDirs=vmscsi

12.) Now download CDIMAGE.EXE from here and place it in C:\00VMWare_ERD2007_Project\